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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:33:54 +0200
From:      Invernizzi Fabrizio <fabrizio.invernizzi@telecomitalia.it>
To:        Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Problem with pmcstat
Message-ID:  <36A93B31228D3B49B691AD31652BCAE9A456967666@GRFMBX702BA020.griffon.local>
In-Reply-To: <84dead720908060951j605338e3vb48cd41f13810f29@mail.gmail.com>
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This Is my dmesg:

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5420  @ 2.50GHz (2503.74-MHz K8-class =
CPU)
  Origin =3D "GenuineIntel"  Id =3D 0x10676  Stepping =3D 6
  Features=3D0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PG=
E,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=3D0xce3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDC=
M,DCA,<b19>>
  AMD Features=3D0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM>
  AMD Features2=3D0x1<LAHF>
  Cores per package: 4
usable memory =3D 8575586304 (8178 MB)
avail memory  =3D 8281559040 (7897 MB)



When I try to load the hwpmc module I obtain this error:

#kldload hwpmc.ko
kldload: can't load hwpmc.ko: Exec format error

Fabrizio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Koshy [mailto:joseph.koshy@gmail.com]
> Sent: gioved=EC 6 agosto 2009 18.52
> To: Invernizzi Fabrizio
> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Problem with pmcstat
>
> > i am doing some performance testing with FreeBSD (64 bit)
> and i would like to use pmcstat.
> > I recompiled the kernel with
> > options HWPMC_HOOKS
> > device hwpmc
> >
> > When i restart the system looks like being ok
> >
> > #sysctl -a | grep hwpmc
> > kern.hwpmc.nbuffers: 16
> > kern.hwpmc.logbuffersize: 4
> > kern.hwpmc.mtxpoolsize: 32
> > kern.hwpmc.nsamples: 32
> > kern.hwpmc.hashsize: 16
> >
> > but the pmcstat gives me this error:
> >
> > # pmcstat -s p6-hw-int-rx -w 1
> > pmcstat: ERROR: Initialization of the pmc(3) library
> failed: No such
> > file or directory
> >
> > I googled a lot, but nothing about this problem. Consider
> that on the same hardware with 7.2-RELEASE 32 bit everything
> was working.
> > Anyone can help me?
> >
> > This are some details:
> >
> > uname -a
> > FreeBSD INTRUDER-64.ipv6.tilab.com 7.2-RELEASE FreeBSD
> 7.2-RELEASE #3: Thu Aug  6 11:36:53 CEST 2009    amd64
> >
> > Server: HP DL 180G5
>
> i386 vs amd64 should not make a difference here.
>
> What CPU are you running on and what does hwpmc(4) print out
> at module initialization time?
>
> Koshy
>

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